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Hot Hits
A Jazz New Year's Eve: Branford Marsalis
The Kennedy CenterTue. Dec 31 Ring in 2020 in style when our always popular A Jazz New Year’s Eve returns to the Terrace Theater.
My Fair Lady
The Kennedy CenterDec. 17, 2019 – Jan. 19, 2020 From Lincoln Center Theater comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment Weekly)
Becoming Jane
National GeographicNov. 22, 2019 – Jun. 1, 2020 Explore Dr. Goodall’s early years through iconic images and a multiscreen experience and venture on a 3D exploration of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park where she did her famous behavioral research on chimps.
Step Afrika! Step Xplosion
StrathmoreSun. Jan 12, 2020 Tracing step’s roots to the African American percussive traditions of patting juba, hambone, ring shout, and tap.
Washington Performing Arts: Damien Sneed
Sixth & ISat. Dec 7 Pianist, organist, vocalist, conductor, composer, producer, arranger, and educator Damien Sneed does it all.
A Chorus Line
Signature TheatreNov. 19, 2019 – Jan. 4, 2020 This non-stop showcase with one of the largest casts in Signature history is the one singular sensation for the holiday season.
NSO Pops: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert
The Kennedy CenterNov. 29 – Dec. 1 Experience the film in HD on a giant screen with composer Nicholas Hooper’s score played live by the NSO.
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
StrathmoreMon. Dec 2 Fleck has reunited the original lineup for a very special tour.
Maz Jobrani
The Kennedy CenterFri. Jan 31, 2020 Iranian American comedian and actor Maz Jobrani returns to the Kennedy Center.
Atlanta Ballet: The Nutcracker
The Kennedy CenterNov. 27 – Dec. 1 A visually inventive staging set against a fantastical starry night, dominated by oversized storybooks, clocks, and constellations.
Dave Koz & Friends
StrathmoreMon. Dec 9 Koz and special guests bring the cheer like never before, performing fresh renditions of Christmas classics as well as a Hanukkah medley and hits from his catalog.
Spotlights
National Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah
StrathmoreDec. 21 – 22
Judy Chicago—The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20, 2020
A Christmas Carol
Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre LabNov. 29 – Dec. 29
NPO: Voices of Light, Silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc to Richard Einhorn's Score
StrathmoreSat. Nov 23
Washington Performing Arts: Midori & Thibaudet
StrathmoreSat. Jan 25, 2020
Choral Arts Society of Washington: A Family Christmas
The Kennedy CenterTue. Dec 24
Live Dangerously
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20, 2020
A Christmas Carol
Ford's TheatreNov. 21, 2019 – Jan. 1, 2020
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
National ArchivesThru Jan. 3, 2021
WNO: The Magic Flute
The Kennedy CenterNov. 22 – 23
Embassy of Slovakia: Gala Holiday Concert
Embassy of SlovakiaWed. Dec 4
National Philharmonic: Holiday Singin' Pops
StrathmoreFri. Dec 6
